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indigenous Women's Health

College House
254 - 260 Albert St
East Melbourne
Victoria 3002 Australia

+61 3 9417 1699 (t)
+61 3 9419 0672 (f)
ranzcog@ranzcog.edu.au

Welcome to the Indigenous Women's Health Page

The RANZCOG is committed to improving the health of Indigenous women in Australia and New Zealand and to provide support and improve awareness for Fellows / Trainees who are current service providers to Indigenous communities.

Maori Women's Health Advisory Group

The RANZCOG Maori Women's Health Advisory Group aims to provide feedback to the College and offer ideas on how RANZCOG can address these issues.

Report From Maori Women's Health Advisory Group

The Advisory Group's November 2007 report identifies key issues. These are unchanged and include:

  • access to health care
  • service delivery - (feel less listened to; more unanswered questions, less satisifaction
  • low socio-economic status
  • worst health status of all ethnic groups in NZ
  • low life expectancy
  • few Maori health care providers

Further Information on:

 

Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Women's Health


Australian Indigenous Doctors Association (AIDA)

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare – Report “ The Health and Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 2005”

Department of Human Services / Centerlink / Indigenous Australians

Department of Health and Ageing – Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Health

Department of Health and Ageing

Women's Business Manual

The 4 th Edition is now available through Nganampa Health Council (scroll down to Women's Business Manual and click on the order form).

Indigenous Portal

Provides access to resources, contacts, information, and government programs and services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Australian Government Information Relating to Indigenous Women

Contains articles and initiatives on a broad range of topics such as empowering women; law, justice and equality; families and relationships; health and wellbeing; violence and abuse, education and training, etc.

 

Maori Women's Health

Maori Health - Maori health topics. Introduces the Maori Health Directorate and providers of health and disability services to Maori.

Ministry of Women’s Affairs - A New Zealand Government site

Ministry of Health New Zealnd

 

 

Contact

If you have suggestions on areas of Indigenous women’s health that you would like considered, or would like to provide support in some way, please contact:

Nola Jackson
Women’s Health Co-ordinator

(e)

njackson@ranzcog.edu.au

(t)

+61 3 8415 0408

 

 

Acknowledgement of artwork
‘Spirit of the Wandjina'
© Mowanjum Wandjina Artists
http://www.mowanjumart.com

 

 

 

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